Four die in attack on house in KZN

Police in KwaZulu-Natal have confirmed that four people lost their lives when two huts were set alight by a group of people in the village of Zithulele near Eshowe. Six people received serious burn wounds. A 12-year-old boy who had been sleeping when the attack took place managed to escape and summon help from the headman of the village. The headman apparently realised the attackers were still in the house and hid in a nearby hut. The bodies of the murdered people were found after the attackers had left the scene. The motive for the attack is still unknown. Meanwhile in Delmas in Mpumalanga, a 17-year-old girl was murdered as she lay sleeping in her house yesterday. According to Police a shot was fired through an open window, hitting the girl in the back. The motive for this murder is also unknown at this stage.